📍 101 e Union Bower Rd, Irving, Dallas County, 75061
Barbara Cardwell Career Preparatory Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Irving, Dallas County. The school has 264 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Patty Rodriguez. It is part of the Irving Isd school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Barbara Cardwell Career Preparatory Center enrolls 264 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Hispanic or Latino, 8% White and 5.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 224 | 85% |
| White | 21 | 8% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 5.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
220 of the school's 264 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 207 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Barbara Cardwell Career Preparatory Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 9, state house district 103.
Barbara Cardwell Career Preparatory Center is one of 40 schools in IRVING ISD, based in IRVING, Texas. The district serves 30,767 students district-wide and employs 2,143 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 264 students, Barbara Cardwell Career Preparatory Center is smaller than the district average of about 769 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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